UT System Health Council
Faculty Member

Katherine Barron Dougherty, Chair, Department of Nursing
Director Bachelor of Nursing Degree Completion Program for Registered Nurses
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Education

The University of Houston, Houston, TX EdD 1995 Higher Education, Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies
The University of Texas Health Science Center,
San Antonio, TX
MSN 1993 Community and Home Health (double major)
The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA MS 1978 Rehabilitation Counseling
College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY BS 1957 Nursing

Professional Experience

1997 - present Associate Professor Tenured The University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
1999 - 2004 Graduate Faculty Membership The University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
1994 - 2003 Clinical Assistant Professor The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
1993 - 1997 Assistant Professor The University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
1993 - 1994 Faculty Associate The University of Texas Health Center San Antonio
1989 - 1993 Assistant Professor The University of Texas-Pan American
Edinburg, TX
1986 - 1988 Instructor Pan American University
Edinburg, TX
1973 - 1974 Research Assistant The University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
1960 - 1962 Private Duty Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY

Experience and Professional Membership

1986 - 1990 North Cameron County Heart Assoc. Board Member
1987 - present American Nurses Association Member
1987 - present Texas Nurses Association Member
1988 - 1991 American Association for Counseling and Development Member
1989 - present Texas League for Nursing Member
1989 - 1993 National League for Nursing Council of Associate Degree Nursing Programs Member
1992 - present Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Member
1993 - present National League for Nursing Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs Member
1997 - 1999 American Public Health Association Member
1998 - present Tropical Home Health Agency Board Member
2000 - 2001 Lower Rio Grande Valley Community Assessment Review Committee Member
2000 - 2001 Public Health Partner and Collaboration Committee Member
1999 - 2001 US - Mexico Border Health Association Member
2002 - 2004 Texas Nurses Association Council on Education South Region Member

Honors

2000 The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Outstanding Service to Institution

Publications

  • International Teaching Online in Higher Education Conference, 2002
  • "Using Educational Technology and Distance Education to Impact the Shortage of Professional Nurses"
  • International Teaching Online in Higher Education Conference, 2003
  • "Creating a Community of Learners, for the Teaching Online in Higher Education"
  • "Using Educational Technology and Distance Education to Impact the Shortage of Professional Nurses" Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI) Summer 2003, Volume 7, Number 2, ISSN #1089-9758, Indexed in CINAHL 2003

Book Reviews

  • Conceptual Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice, 2/e. Mosby, 1999
  • The Caregiver's Voice: Doctors, Nurses, Family and Friends, F.A. Davis Publishers, April 1997

Grants

  • Dougherty, Katherine and Miller, Ava, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2003, Developing Future Nurse Faculty Project, $48,000.
  • Dougherty, Katherine. The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Removing the Barriers to BSN Initiative, Department of Health and Human Services, 2004 (funded).

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